# leon
## Breton
### Etymology

From Latin leo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlewn/

### Noun

leon m (plural leoned)
* lion

## Interlingua
### Etymology

Latin leo

### Noun

leon (plural leones)
* lion
* Leo

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Ulster) IPA: /lʲoːn̪ˠ/
* (Connacht) IPA: /l̠ʲuːnˠ/

### Etymology 1

From Old Irish léoman, léo, from Latin leō.

#### Alternative forms

* leomhan

#### Noun

leon m (genitive singular leoin, nominative plural leoin)
* lion

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
leon
leoin
vocative
a leoin
a leona
genitive
leoin
leon
dative
leon
leoin
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an leon
na leoin
genitive
an leoin
na leon
dative
leis an leon don leon
leis na leoin :

##### Derived terms

* An Leon (“Leo”)

### Etymology 2

From Old Irish leónaid, a late form of lénaid (“impairs, injures, wounds”), from lén (“defeat, hurt, injury, misfortune, sorrow”).

#### Verb

leon (present analytic leonann, future analytic leonfaidh, verbal noun leonadh, past participle leonta)
* (transitive) sprain
* (transitive) injure, wound

##### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | leonaim | leonann tú; leonair$^†$ | leonann sé, sí | leonaimid | leonann sibh | leonann siad; leonaid$^†$ | a leonann; a leonas | leontar |
| indicative | past | leon mé; leonas | leon tú; leonais | leon sé, sí | leonamar; leon muid | leon sibh; leonabhair | leon siad; leonadar | a leon / ar leon* | leonadh |
| indicative | past habitual | leonainn | leontá | leonadh sé, sí | leonaimis; leonadh muid | leonadh sibh | leonaidís; leonadh siad | a leonadh / a leonadh* | leontaí |
| future | future | leonfaidh mé; leonfad | leonfaidh tú; leonfair$^†$ | leonfaidh sé, sí | leonfaimid; leonfaidh muid | leonfaidh sibh | leonfaidh siad; leonfaid$^†$ | a leonfaidh; a leonfas | leonfar |
| conditional | conditional | leonfainn | leonfá | leonfadh sé, sí | leonfaimis; leonfadh muid | leonfadh sibh | leonfaidís; leonfadh siad | a leonfadh / a leonfadh* | leonfaí |
| subjunctive | present | go leona mé; go leonad$^†$ | go leona tú; go leonair$^†$ | go leona sé, sí | go leonaimid; go leona muid | go leona sibh | go leona siad; go leonaid$^†$ | — | go leontar |
| subjunctive | past | dá leonainn | dá leontá | dá leonadh sé, sí | dá leonaimis; dá leonadh muid | dá leonadh sibh | dá leonaidís; dá leonadh siad | — | dá leontaí |
| imperative | imperative | leonaim | leon | leonadh sé, sí | leonaimis | leonaigí; leonaidh$^†$ | leonaidís | — | leontar |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | leonadh | leonadh | leonadh | leonadh | leonadh | leonadh | leonadh | leonadh |
| past participle | past participle | leonta | leonta | leonta | leonta | leonta | leonta | leonta | leonta |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leon”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lénaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “léo”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 84

## Lombard
### Etymology

From Latin leō, leōnis.

### Pronunciation

* Western: IPA: /leˈun/
** Ticinese: IPA: /liˈom/
* Eastern: IPA: /leˈu/, /liˈu/

### Noun

leon (plural leon)
* lion

## Middle English
### Noun

leon
* Alternative form of lyoun

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin leō, leōnis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /leˈu/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

leon m (plural leons)
* lion

## Old English
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *līhwaną. Cognate with Old High German lihan (German leihen).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /le͜oːn/

### Verb

lēon
* to lend, loan

#### Conjugation
## Old French
### Noun

leon oblique singular, m (oblique plural leons, nominative singular leons, nominative plural leon)
* Alternative form of lion
** c. 1170, Christian of Troyes, Yvain ou le Chevalier au lion:Et li leons, qui che esgarde, De li aidier plus ne se tarde[.]And the lion who was watching Did not wait any longer to help him.

## Old Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin leōnem, singular accusative of leō, from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /leˈon/

### Noun

leon m (plural leones, feminine singular leona, feminine plural leonas)
* lion
** c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, 25r:[…] cõ leõ ſe leuantara e con leona ſe alcara nos echara faſta q̃ coma. rabadura e ſangre de matados breura.“ […] Like a lion it shall rise up and like a lioness it shall lift itself up. It shall not lie down until it eats prey, and the blood of those slain it shall drink.”
** c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 6v:Et por ende a tal p̃priedat eſta piedra q̃ el q̃ la trae obedecẽ le los leones aſſi q̃ los puede tomar a manos ⁊ nol fará mal por q̃ el leó q̃ndo la uee pierde toda la fuerça ⁊ nõ a en ſi poder.And such is the property of this stone that lions will obey he who bears it, so that he can touch them with his hands and they will not harm him, for when he sees it the lion loses all its strength and has in him no power.

#### Related terms

* Leon

#### Descendants

* Spanish: león
** → Bikol Central: leon, leyon
** → Guaraní: leõ
** → Kapampangan: leon
** → Papiamentu: leon
** → Quechua: liyun

## Old Swedish
### Alternative forms

* leiōn, leyan

### Etymology

From Old Norse león, from Latin leō, (genitive: leōnis), from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn), likely a borrowing from a Semitic language. Compare Proto-Semitic *labiʾ-.

### Noun

leon m
* lion

#### Descendants

* Swedish: lejon

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Spanish león and Kabuverdianu lion.

### Noun

leon
* lion

## Piedmontese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /leˈuŋ/

### Noun

leon m
* lion
    Synonym: lion

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* liyon
* leyon

### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish león, from Latin leōnem, from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn), of Semitic origin. Doublet of Leo.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /leˈon/ [lɛˈon̪]
* Rhymes: -on
* Syllabification: le‧on

### Noun

león (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔)
* lion
    Synonym: (archaic) halimaw

#### Related terms

* leona
* leonino

### References

* “leon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

## Venetan
### Etymology

From Latin leō, leōnem (compare Italian leone).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /leˈoŋ/

### Noun

leon m (plural leoni or leuni)
* lion

## Volapük
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [le.ˈon]

### Noun

leon (nominative plural leons)
* lion

#### Declension

* $^1$ status as a case is disputed
* $^2$ in later, non-classical Volapük only

#### Hyponyms

* hileon (“lion (male)”)
* jileon (“lioness, lion (female)”)
* leonil (“small lion”)
* leonül (“lion cub”)

#### Derived terms

* leonik (“leonine”)
* sileon (“Leo (constellation)”)